Bill Cosby: Cosby Show Aimed to "Take the House Back" from Kids

Bill Cosby says he wanted The Cosby Show to represent a parenting philosophy that would "take the house back" from kids."I based the series on two important things: No. 1 ... I hated those series where the children were brighter ...

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Posted Jun. 17, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Updated Jun 17, 2013 at 3:10 PM

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Posted Jun. 17, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Updated Jun 17, 2013 at 3:10 PM

Bill Cosby says he wanted The Cosby Show to represent a parenting philosophy that would "take the house back" from kids.

"I based the series on two important things: No. 1 ... I hated those series where the children were brighter than the parents, and those parents had to play dumb," Cosby recently told ABC News. "No. 2 was that I wanted to 'take the house back.'"